Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms

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6 жыл бұрын

What do only 9 in 10 women say they were never told about mammograms, even though they thought they had the right to know?
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• Mammogram Recommendations - Why the Conflicting Guidelines (nutritionfacts.org/video/Mammo...)
• Should Women Get Mammograms Starting at Age 40? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Shoul...)
• Do Mammograms Save Lives? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-Ma...)
• Consequences of False-Positive Mammogram Results (nutritionfacts.org/video/Conse...)
• Do Mammograms Hurt? (nutritionfacts.org/video/do-ma...)
• Can Mammogram Radiation Cause Breast Cancer? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Can-M...)
• Understanding the Mammogram Paradox (nutritionfacts.org/video/Under...)
• Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS (nutritionfacts.org/video/overt...)
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• Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives (nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-M...)
• Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms (nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-P...)
• The Pros and Cons of Mammograms (nutritionfacts.org/video/The-P...)
Yes, I could have squeezed (no mammogram pun intended!) all this into fewer videos, but feel the women deserve to know the whole truth so they can make up their own minds. I am not opposed to mammograms. I am opposed to the patronizing attitude that women should be simply badgered into them without being fully informed about the benefits and risks. Some women will still choose to get them. Others will not. It’s up to them to decide.
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@123SherryT 6 жыл бұрын

My mother died in 2004 at age 65 of lung cancer. She never smoked. She was however a breast cancer ‘survivor’. She had the lump surgically removed and then had radiation. The lung cancer that developed 8 years later I am 99.99% positive was caused by the radiation used to ‘cure’ the breast cancer. All of her doctors poo-poohed this and said that just wasn’t possible. The tumor in her lung was just behind the breast that supposedly had cancer. The same year my mom died I was 39 and I had my first mammogram. They found a benign fibro adenoma which they recommended I had surgically removed. I didn’t know any better. I had surgery and follow ups where they found more things ‘suspect’ with more mammograms and then I had a radio static breast biopsy which was a horrible experience, turned out to be nothing. I haven’t been back since. I switched to a whole foods-plant based diet last year and have lost 65 pounds without even trying. We want to spend all of our time and money trying to detect cancers but why don’t we spend all of our time and money eating the right foods and reducing our risk so that maybe we don’t get cancer in the first place. It’s been said that certain kinds of cancers are hereditary but maybe what’s hereditary is bad diets that we pass on from generation to generation that cause the cancers and maybe not so much our genes.

@Maerque 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your experience

@sungheelee9358 6 жыл бұрын

That is horrible what you had to go through. So glad that you are on the right path now. Good for you!

@AnnaM32474 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about what you and your mother went through ❤️

@planetofthevegans880 6 жыл бұрын

I can vouch that radiation treatment damages lungs -- my mother got breast cancer (from hormone menopause drug and a diet laden with animal hormones) and opted for the radiation (given right over her lungs). The doctor immediately pulled her off the hormone drug. What saved & extended her life at the time was refusing to get chemotherapy. However, 7 years after she'd quit smoking, she was diagnosed with emphysema. The animal products diet added in bronchitis, and the useless toxic COPD drug treatments eventually killed her. She got caught in the Pharma death trap and her doctor convinced her diet had nothing to do with health or illness.

@Hermetic_ 6 жыл бұрын

Sherry T: Thank you for sharing your story and sorry for your loss.

@maryannjesuino9882 6 ай бұрын

What scares me is going every year for years getting breasts flattened then hit with radiation. How can this possibly be ok. 😢

@Ashtarot77 5 ай бұрын

I was due for a cervical smear this month. I'm not going because it creates the same issue. Who knows whether or not cells mutate when they scrape like they do? I'm not sexually active as I'm not in a relationship, so I won't be going for one. I have no history of that in my family either.

@MaggieBenjiSchnauzer 4 ай бұрын

You are totally correct and they always tell you it's not much radiation and it won't hurt you. It still kills destroys healthy cells and increases cancer.

@charlottebirgittethomsen4273 Ай бұрын

We need a 3d scanner many are so afraid that they are not going

@joannepigliavento7930 Ай бұрын

@@Ashtarot77 Dr. Pam Popper discusses this on KZfaq

@kaykasper8770 Ай бұрын

Crushing breasts tissue, then irradiating damaged tissue is promoting things that aren’t ever wanted. My boobs are fine. They are dense. Hard to read on any gram I have had. I haven’t had one in yrs and never will again. Same with a paper smear. I’m fine. Asymptomatic.

@Katrn30 6 ай бұрын

I have never had a mammogram, and never will, after listening to Dr. Joe Mercola. Thanks Doc! I am 65.

@lyndareynolds850 5 ай бұрын

I'm 55, won't have a mammogram, haven't had a smear for ten years. I am in perfect health. But by God, if its my time to go I'm more than ready to leave this cesspit world and go be with Jesus!

@Katrn30 5 ай бұрын

@@lyndareynolds850 amen sister! I’m right with you!

@dutchiebunny 4 ай бұрын

I'm with you!@@lyndareynolds850

@mrsresell2519 Жыл бұрын

I have PTSD from the trauma of having an unnecessary breast lump biopsy done 22 years ago and have only had 1 mammogram done and never will again because found that experience traumatic too and read some medical reports that mammograms were not actually saving lives and now also hearing about over diagnoses too. Both radiation and chemo are also harmful. I understand that chemo can sometimes save a life but it can also kill too so why should women who may never have needed chemo being subjected to this unnecessarily? Not to mention the unnecessary trauma as well. There is way too much fear and anxiety generated with all these screening tests and to now discover that its not even saving lives is infuriating.

@karenaenlle8107 6 жыл бұрын

So why do they still harass me with getting a mammogram when I tell them I don’t want one? Maybe it’s because it’s bad for business?

@brendarodgers5686 4 ай бұрын

Stand your ground. I don't get them anymore, either.

@joyfullone3968 4 ай бұрын

I was told I had cancer after a mammogram about 10 years ago in FL,I then did a whole lot of research on what I was told and talked to another Doctor. I did not believe what I had was an actual cancer. I declined treatment and here I am still going strong and I have not had any mammograms since then. Do research!

@ummtaimann6819 3 ай бұрын

Hi I hope you don’t mind me asking what type of cancer was it ?

@shellbell7316 6 жыл бұрын

I was treated as a non-compliant patient when I declined to have a mammogram and a pap smear. Mind you I had a hysterectomy two years prior.

@melissaculpepper7663 5 ай бұрын

The medical industry is only interested in revenue-not care for the patient. We are a means to their end, sadly.

@veganfortheanimals6994 6 жыл бұрын

Terrific series, Doc (and I'm a male, btw)...the problem is, unfortunately people are so heavily brainwashed that when I try to share this information with others, even family members, they think I'm some sort of conspiracy theorist....

@cerenademe9433 6 жыл бұрын

Vegan For The Animals Ⓥ I shared these videos. I get crickets. I'm not sure anyone is listening or cares, or they're just not wanting to argue with me publicly. I'm still gonna keep sharing the info. Even if it benefits only one person, it's worth it.

@Xianne027 6 ай бұрын

Good for you though! Protect your daughters and sisters! Maybe at least one of them will listen!

@melissaculpepper7663 5 ай бұрын

Too many people listen to the voice of this world which belongs to satan. Jesus leads us on a straight path. He is the Good Shepherd who cares for His sheep who follow Him and know His voice. I stopped getting mammograms and started listening to my Savior’s voice. The Holy Spirit gives wisdom to those who ask. Glory be to God the Father-Creator of all!

@melissaculpepper7663 5 ай бұрын

@@cerenademe9433Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life! Believe in Him and be born again a new creation in Christ Jesus.✨✨✨

@brynb.7319 5 ай бұрын

I believe you! And I’m in the same boat, having had close family members treated for breast cancer. They push for the rest of us ladies to “just go get your mammies grammed!” And this is not the first time I’ve seen a doctor reporting that there could be more harm in screenings than good. Thank you for speaking the truth-there are a few of us who are listening and who believe it.

@Qwazier3 6 жыл бұрын

Never had a mammogram ever. I refused to get one. Haven't been to the OB-GYN in over 15 years. Why go ask them to find something?

@beautiful20106 Жыл бұрын

You should check with dr once in awhile

@sassysandie2865 7 ай бұрын

@@beautiful20106why??

@ginnyrogers559 6 ай бұрын

Haven’t been for over 30years but do see a OB-gYN when I know I have a problem. 1 Mamo in my life and never again. I do not have any cancer in my family and have had many X-rays so I avoid any excessive radiation. If I had any issues I would not be adverse to seeing . Had a hysterectomy at 29 and best thing ever. No side effects at all and I mean none!

@sassysandie2865 6 ай бұрын

@@ginnyrogers559 the only test that has any evidence is Pap test before 65.

@Ashtarot77 5 ай бұрын

@@ginnyrogers559 I'm due a cervical smear test this month. Won't be going after the video I saw from a doctor who said it does you more harm than good. I'm not sexually active, as not in a relationship, so don't see the point.

@maureenbomberry2943 Жыл бұрын

After my first and only mammogram my breasts went from feeling like part of my body to feeling like weighted objects from the excess pressure they had experienced I was then called back for an ultrasound and had the choice of being monitored which means more mammograms or having a biopsy I opted for the biopsy I was told it was minimally invasive and there might be slight bruising 80 percent of my breast was deep purple my results came back benign which was my instinctive thought all along I will never go for another mammogram without due cause for concern I feel they treat womens breasts like her enemy and the process is not healthy in itself for breasts

@TheLavenderLover 5 ай бұрын

Probably just a fibroid they wanted to exploit. I wonder how many women have just a fibroid and they play dumb, saying let’s biopsy this JUST in case.

@CharGC123 5 ай бұрын

Imagine any man willingly submitting to a similar "testicle-gram"?

@Theowlhawk 5 ай бұрын

It's trama to a female part of her body. The body says no! It's intrusive, invasive, like smear tests putting those metal objects inside to open you up! Trama, stress,

@terrymoore565 6 жыл бұрын

Women are not informed, they think it's their duty to get a mammogram..it's ridiculous. It's so painful, that you would at least wonder is this hurting me in the long run, crushing pressure that could damage tissue, radiation..that's what I wondered and that was 18 years ago..never had another.

@LoNo1979 3 ай бұрын

Back in the 80s my mother-in-law was diagnosed with melanoma and told there was really nothing they could do for her because "chemotherapy has no effect on it and radiation tends to spread it" so when I went for my one and only mammogram in 1994 and they discovered a lump or a mass is what they refer to it as, they then sent me to have an ultrasound only to tell me that it was just fluid nothing to worry about but I was told to "keep an eye on it". But what my mother-in-law was told about radiation stuck in my head so I never bothered to go back for another mammogram because I was afraid that the radiation might create a bigger problem. And I've been criticized for many times over the years but now thanks to this video I feel like I made a good decision. So thank you very much for posting this! ❤

@janetteclarke9284 5 ай бұрын

My mother at age 72 had a severe knock to her breast. 2 years later was diagnosed on mammogram with a DCIS and was told she needed to have it removed. Her surgeon was happy he had excised it entirely and no further treatment was required. She was then told she had to have radiotherapy "to be sure". Age 85 she past from cancer that had spread- not breast cancer I was told by her surgeon but a cancer resulting from the radiation. So sad that I didn't fight for her to be left alone. She might still be with us and not suffered horrendously.

@vkbowers 4 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. 😔 You couldn't have known, information is so much easier to come by in current times. 🙏

@pattyzirul9138 Ай бұрын

I am so sorry ! I am in a similar situation as to your mom was as am close to 70, had a fall and injured my chest! No I Ave been diagnosed in that same location with DCIS 0! I did have the biopsy and a lumpectomy where all was removed! I was torn but declined radiation or further SOC treatment! Soon I’m coming up to my one year and to go for annual mammograms and appointments! Since all this happened, every day I live in fear/worry did I make the right decision, what should I do now, what will I do about future exams and what if they say something still looks suspicious , go for another round of a biopsy etc… ? Well I can only go day by day and again I’m so sorry for your loss of your mom!

@nvw2978 5 ай бұрын

I’m a radiographer and asked a friend what she thought about mammography screening….I have missed a few appointments for my first mammogram while I was working away. She didn’t give me any more details apart from saying that her friend, who is a mammographer, said never have a mammogram if your asymptomatic! I was a bit surprised to be honest, until I started looking into things. I think it’s the same with prostate cancer too, many will live a full and long life living with these cellular discrepancies, just because they are there, doesn’t mean they’ll turn into a tumour and kill us. I’m seeing a doctor for the first time in 4 years tomorrow, I will be asking them to remove my name from the register.

@Xianne027 6 ай бұрын

As a business coach, I have been shocked to see how many clients come to me who are sales people assigned by pharma and medical equipment companies to pressure doctors to buy "early diagnostic devices" under the guise of "saving more lives". However it became apparent to me that their real goal is to reap more "sales" by frightening people into costly unnecessary proceedures or medication. I no longer accept such clients.

@Hippy2021 4 ай бұрын

I did before at younger age being ignorant and not educated on the health subjects. I was religiously updated all procedures, yearly. My last mammogram was almost 20 years ago. It was painful, bruised for a week. My pap smear caused bleeding for many days. Scary time for me. Since I swore to never come back again. I did not do any colonoscopy in my life and will never. I wish I knew earlier to avoid all these procedures altogether for good.

@estherrettig9596 5 жыл бұрын

I can't agree with you more. Thank you for your presentation. I was corralled into over-treatment and have many regrets. Would like to see a revolution in this. Thank you for starting it.

@coryd2668 5 ай бұрын

This is the second time in a month a medical video on why Mammograms are not good for you has literally popped up in my feed! Didn’t even search!!

@patty-cf7jj 6 жыл бұрын

I’m always curious when taking into account all this information how it would translate into a new statistic. They say 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer. Would it be more like 1 in 20? 1 in 50? Even less?

@karenmccann8644 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Gregor I never knew this. My first ever mammogram I had a few years ago and afterwards I was called after a couple days to go back the following week because they saw something they didn't like. It freaked me out. So I went back for another mammogram and I was told that what they found was a cluster of calcium deposits in one area and they had to biopsy that area. Everything came out okay no breast tissue with cancerous cells. But I'm so glad you made this video for me and all women who need to know about this. Thank You!

@maureenbomberry2943 Жыл бұрын

Additional comment: they described the biopsy as minimally invasive 8 good sized needles that left my breast very bruised is not in my opinion minimally invasive

@socialistvegan8488 6 жыл бұрын

As usual money is seen as more important than people's health.

@veganfortheanimals6994 6 жыл бұрын

Yup...it's all about the money...shame on industry (whether it's the food industry, big pharma, medical industry, etc.)

@laurabonilla9703 6 жыл бұрын

This video should be seen by all women!

@laurabonilla9703 6 жыл бұрын

Pure evidence based diagnosis

@darrenlee8981 6 жыл бұрын

You forgot, animal agriculture, health insurance, our government to name a few :-(

@EdgeMasterPro 6 жыл бұрын

There was a hint or a one liner about PSA testing over diagnosis will there be a video about this in the future.

@sungheelee9358 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. Greger for you honesty and bravery.

@Frenchblue8 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. As a young mother of 3 daughters, with 3 sisters, a mother and a grandmother this is so important. Although there is no history of breast cancer in either side of my family, I feel so much for the billions of families who do have it. I thank you .

@AveryCreates 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you doctor, for all that you do.

@nommh 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this series! I had one mammogram in my twenties when my obgyn thought she felt something. I then thought something that hurts so much cannot be good for me and never went again. No I can argue why!

@LisaLightning 6 жыл бұрын

nommh yes it seems like it cannot be good for the breast, being squished like a pimple. And as I am now 100% vegan plant-based, I'm not getting them anymore. Maybe I'll get one in the future again but I'm not in a hurry.

@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 6 ай бұрын

@nommh MY FEELINGS EXACTLY! I had one many many years ago. It's SO painful! I said, "Never again!!!"

@kerrynight3271 6 ай бұрын

@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 I stopped getting mammograms 20 years ago, but the ones I had weren't at all painful. The technician told me that she thought the women who complained of it being painful were just anxious. I have had experience with other types of pain and I told her clearly that a woman freaking knows whether or not she's in pain!

@Benighted.1 6 жыл бұрын

What a courageous and enlightened man you are, Dr Greger.

@Lyn4817 6 ай бұрын

After my last mammogram I refuse to have any further mammograms after what I was put through. Now I am 70, I find this service is no longer necessary. I now also feel that women of advanced age, being subjected to HPV screening is also a dis-service to women. After now having sex for the past 20 to 30 years following diagnosis for squamous cell carcinoma and excisions for VIN3 and having been screened anually since 1994, I find it difficult to then be told there was evidence of HPV. I feel like the PCR testing for C19, HPV Testing in place of the original Pap Smear, has become an abused testing procedure for women. We have to accept that as we have become advanced in aging, that we are eventually going to die of something. Forced and continuous testing regardless of advanced age to my mind, is an abuse of over servicing of women. Since 2020 C19 proves there are people who feel that earth is overpopulated, yet we continue testing the elderly where no cause can be shown of a reason to over service women and female issues. If there is real, tangible evidence, fine.

@imra316 6 ай бұрын

The same with colonoscopies and heart stress test!! My first colonoscopy was perfect. The second one loaded with divaticulosis.

@crazyredhead6923 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I have done a lot of research on mammograms, I had a sister that died from breast cancer, so the doctors told me I would get it, and sent for mammograms every year. I am 81 and he sent me again last year. Well they thought they found something and sent me to have more test. When I went back they did a sonagram and three more mammograms, then with a big smile I was told I was Cancer free. I have had problems with a rash for over a year now, I went in for my check up and the doctor said it is time for your mammogram this year 👎👎I SAID NEVER AGAIN 👎👎Then I asked him if he knew they did 3 more mammograms plus the Sonagram and he said they did not report back to him. WISH I would have researched sooner.

@ms.t8313 11 ай бұрын

Hello crazyredhead! At what age did you start getting mammograms? I am curious since you are now 81 and still healthy. Thank you!

@beautiful20106 10 ай бұрын

You don’t need to do nanogram after 74 years old. Your dr is crazy

@Xianne027 6 ай бұрын

It's not just in America. The same pressure to do mammograms is being pushed here in Europe and I would assume in other countries as well.

@Casm7 5 ай бұрын

It's advised here in US that at 39 years old women to screen unless doctor orders sooner.

@user-gy7ym3ik8x 4 ай бұрын

@@Casm7It's actually 40, but a lot of doctors push women to have a "baseline'" mammogram earlier.

@maureenk1635 6 жыл бұрын

Dr. Greger, I hold you and all the other WFPB doctors, researchers, and advocates in the highest esteem! Thank you so much.

@Nico-lk5hb 6 жыл бұрын

thanks doc!!! when will the intermittent fasting videos come out??

@vegjax2201 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this series Dr. Greger!

@sharit7970 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for this well researched information!! Very emotional topic; unbelievable how common perception [including my own prior to this series] is no where near the truth!

@Ilianavega 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dr. You are a blessing in our lives.

@esmeraldaherrera6608 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dr. Greger for all that you do.

@lynnbradley7387 6 жыл бұрын

So are you saying women should never have a mamogram? What if you do have breast cancer should you just let it grow? Then what? I am confused.

@s.i.john16.33 5 ай бұрын

Women are told to get a mammogram every single year starting at she 40, whether or not we have any symptoms. The video is saying you shouldn't get a mammogram every year. It's not saying you shouldn't seek testing and treatment if you have symptoms, such as a lump.

@lorettazwarts4847 4 ай бұрын

Why not simply have women get breast ultra sound every year, and if something IS detected, THEN resort to mammogram? Wouldn't that be safer, more practical, and more cost effective?????

@MaggieBenjiSchnauzer 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely and I have been doing that for the last 10 years. I refuse to get any more mammograms because the radiation even though they always tell you it's a low amount it still damages healthy cells which can cause cancer. @@lorettazwarts4847

@jeanlittle405 6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for this information!!!

@maryannjesuino9882 6 ай бұрын

My mom is 98, never had a mammogram. Maybe she has the right idea

@rebeccamarchand-smith2037 6 жыл бұрын

This is mind-blowing!

@misseleanorg 6 жыл бұрын

I'd be really interested to know if there is any similar information for cervical screening? !

@WWEENETWORK 7 ай бұрын

RADIATION CAUSES CANCER. RADIATING MY BREAST 2 TIMES PER YEAR BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT TWICE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD CYSTIC BREASTS SINCE MY 20s. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO REMOVED HER BREASTS AT THE PRESCRIPTION OF HER MD. FAST FORWARD SHE NEVER HAD BREAST CANCER. SHE JUST HAD A CYST. 3 YEARS DURING COVID I DID NO MAMMO. BUT I DO MONTHLY BREAST EXAMS ON MYSELF. STARTED DOING MAMOS AGAIN....AND THE RADIATION EXPOSURE STARTED CONCERNING ME. 3

@0oohnegative 6 жыл бұрын

WooOOww thank you SO MUCH for this

@ninastan_ 2 жыл бұрын

thank you !

@lizzieclay6774 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

@samanthahussey_personal 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Dr

@dr.debbiewilliams 10 ай бұрын

I was told I should skip a year. I had my first Mammogram at 50 and have healthy breasts. I've been doing self checks for years. 9-6-2023 at 7:14 AM, EST USA. I still don't have Cancer

@canislupus7463 9 ай бұрын

I do self checks every night. I haven't had a mammogram in 3 years, and now I'm being pressured to get one. I'd prefer to get ultrasounds from now on.

@ThuLe-eh1xe 8 ай бұрын

@@canislupus7463you can get thermography or ultrasound.

@LisaLightning 6 жыл бұрын

This is so disturbing. It indicates that there is almost a conspiracy, though unspoken, between the mammogram industry and the cancer institutes. My friend was at a fundraiser for one of the Cancer Institutes the other day, they were serving meat and dairy. I believe it was a fundraiser for early detection, actually. Which would be to get every woman a mammogram. No education on what foods to eat. They just want to cut more and more women open. This is so damned disturbing. I think most of them believe they are doing the right thing? I know I am in no hurry to go for another mammogram, and I do not eat meat or dairy so I'm not too worried about my cancer risk.

@Divine-one77 7 ай бұрын

❤

@daniels4338 6 жыл бұрын

keep fighting the good fight

@kathrynschumann5254 6 ай бұрын

YES! I had my first mammogram at 36. I had stopped breast feeding and noticed lumps i never had before. Prior to babies i was very small breasted but the breast tissue changed and became cystic, just like my mom's. So i was on a schedule of diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds every 6 months for a few years until i just couldnt handle the stress.Obviously nothing was found. I havent had a mammogram in almost 20 years. And I never will. Smashing cystic breasts, blasting them with radiation....nonsensical.

@Ashtarot77 5 ай бұрын

I'm 46 and have never had one. I'm in the UK and I think they only let you have them after menopause. I've made a note to not get them done when contacted, same as how I've decided I'm not getting a cervical smear test again. The medical industry works with pharma because they need sick people to sell their treatments to. They can't do that if people are healthy.

@wanzueni 4 жыл бұрын

ive an appointments in two days and i will not go,thanks

@AJ.943 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder…..if its the women that routinely went for mammograms for years and then stopped; that would eventually develop cancer? I wonder what the statistics of cancer would be in this case; vs. a women that never had mammograms at all. Meaning…..did the years of mammograms “cause” the cancer years after they stopped getting them? I am wondering this out of kind ignorance, absolute respect, and sincere yearning for all the knowledge I can possibly absorb. As a woman in my early 50 that has had one mammogram in my life; and considering not ever doing them again.

@soljodowana1 6 жыл бұрын

Woah... that just blew my mind....

@ambroziajewel 6 жыл бұрын

My mother had mammograms regularly until her insurance paid mammogram site moved farther from home. She waited four years before she finally went to the new place. The result: breast cancer metastatic to the lung. It goes both ways. They aren't always evil. If she had had her yearly mammogram she might still be alive now. What you need is a good breast cancer center that knows when to watch and when to act. Many women, however, will not wait and watch to see if the lesion grows. They want it out now.

@cerenademe9433 6 жыл бұрын

ambrozia web Hope do you know that her regular mammograms weren't the thing that caused the cancer in the first place? (Hint: watch the whole series.)

@user-gy7ym3ik8x 10 ай бұрын

I'm sorry about your mother but the outcome may well have been the same with regular screening. An aggressive cancer often has the same result no matter when it was found.

@joycepino5346 10 ай бұрын

A cancer center found zero stage breast cancer in my breast. I had to have three surgeries to get rid of the abnormal cells so I would have zero margins. I had a mammogram with an ultrasound which led to a biopsy that led to the three surgeries. I had a great surgeon. Thank the Lord this man isn't my doctor.

@emmacornelius1107 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Please can someone tell me if these statistics are also applicable to the UK? Where the Government pay for our care? Is over-diagnosis an issue here too? Thanks 🙏

@connieschneider7392 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this doesn’t seem rude, but the government doesn’t pay for your health Care. You and every tax payer in the UK pay for it threw higher taxes. Government doesn’t have money they take it threw taxation.

@Alex-yk6he 6 жыл бұрын

Money first then peoples lives :(

@amandakwong2647 5 жыл бұрын

I wish that I know all these information before I did my mammogram cause I would never had one. I'm 43 healthy & fit and none of my sisters or mom have breast cancer but one aunt has cancer. My doctor wants me to have mammogram I refused but he keeps insisting, I told him about my concern is not the pain of the mammogram but rather of the radiation. He assured me that the radiation is like an x-ray or just being exposure to the sun a whole day so I thought it's not bad & I had my 1st mammogram was at age 38 and another one at age 43. I just had a 2nd mammogram 4 days ago & I'm so concern about the radiation & the negatives effects of the mammogram because since after my 2nd mammogram my breasts feel really hot like hot pad and painful too. I also feel sharp pain around my chest area & inside my breasts. I can't help it but so worried & nervous so I did research about mammogram & radiation & spoke with lots of people and someone told me that the radiation of one mammogram is like 1000 of chest x-ray radiation. Omg😬😬😬😠😠😷🤒🤒I called my doctor & was really mad cause I never want to do mammogram but he keeps insisting me & convincing me without giving the facts & even I discussed with him about my concerns but he said the radiation is not much. Now,. I really worried & feel extremely bad of what I did to my body. Can someone give me some suggestions what to do to get a rid of radiation naturally? I asked my doctor to give me a pill to eliminate all the radiation from my body cause I heard there's a pill do that but he said it's works for different of radiation. I don't have much knowledge about these stuffs so I really frustrated. The results came out was good but now I'm worrying about the radiation in my breasts, chest & body. I feel sharp pain inside my breasts,. Does anyone feel sharp pain after mammogram? Please share. BTW,. My doctor is a very nice & humor doctor. He always very nice, pleasant and do his best to help me whenever I have any concerns but in this case I don't know if it's best for me or not.

@visitor4210 4 ай бұрын

I heard coffee gets rid of radiation.

@johnepps5830 6 жыл бұрын

Where do you get access to scientific studies?

@mangoauthority2897 6 жыл бұрын

Money, money, money Always sunny in an x-ray lab

@chrisnamaste3572 5 жыл бұрын

The CENTRAL question is: What is the ALL CAUSE morbidity and mortality comparing treatment to non-treatment? The question IS Are there ALTERNATIVE expenditures that yield significantly better results? Lifestyle medicine options for instance....

@pamspicer97 6 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@yumyumbaboon 6 жыл бұрын

Yes spot on -"Ethical responsibility", but BP won't like that!

@HappyLife-wv5ms Ай бұрын

Never had one because I read the Swedish study many years ago. I had one Breast US and now I just stick with Breast self exam.

@user-yf6cd9bb8t 6 ай бұрын

I have a question. When they tally up the number of women who die from breast cancer every year, is this women who die from breast cancer only? Or does this include women who die from breast cancer plus women who die from breast cancer treatment? Because my mother died from radiation treatment. No one informed her that she could die from radiation treatment.

@user-yf6cd9bb8t 6 ай бұрын

I have come to believe that mammograms are a pseudo science. The only reason they are not discontinued is because so many people would lose their jobs.

@user-yf6cd9bb8t 6 ай бұрын

One other tidbit. Just for fun, I typed into Google, "when are those useless mammograms going to be discontinued?" Sweden has already discontinued them.

@user-gy7ym3ik8x 4 ай бұрын

@@user-yf6cd9bb8tSwitzerland did several years ago too - they were found to be of dubious benefit and cause harms.

@aphroditekerylidis7000 5 ай бұрын

I swear to this day since I had a mammogram some years ago the process was excruciating which left me with a sore breast to this day, and I’m terrified and sure that I have BC cancer in my right breast

@gasconveronica 5 ай бұрын

Go see your doctor. Get an ultrasound.

@susanhelmus8520 3 ай бұрын

Even when you bring this up to your gyn, you're told, "It's the gold standard of screening."

@anaduarte1669 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doctor, very interesting series. Would you ever consider to do a video on the HPV vaccine. The more I read the less I am convinced I should have my 11yo daughter vaccinated. Thanks

@planetofthevegans880 6 жыл бұрын

Ana, go to the Vaxxed TV youtube channel. There are over 7,000 testimonies from people with vaccine injuries in videos, hundreds of them specifically the HPV vaccine actually causing cancer as well as crippling immune system disorders. I'll put the link for it below, if urls are allowed.

@planetofthevegans880 6 жыл бұрын

It won't allow me to post the url but the video is titled "VaxXed Tour: Marcella on GARDASIL" and the channel is called "VAXXED TV" -- and BTW, vaccines are LOADED with neurotoxins like aluminum and formaldehyde plus tons of animal products and blood like pig virus, calf serum, beef heart infusion, and they are all cultured in the kidneys of laboratory monkeys, dogs or pigs.

@bcdd8 Жыл бұрын

Don't do it. Read like u have been. It's new. Our bodies were created with a system that works.for us.

@tld_smd7063 Ай бұрын

I just had a clogged milk duct turn into cancer scare, imaging, to breast biopsy- & metal implant marker (which was done without my knowledge). I am nursing my 7th child who is 1 year. Results came back, I have mastitis. Is there any way I can get them to remove this metal implant?

@dreamqq 4 жыл бұрын

Dr. I have a question. What do you do if you find a lump in one of the breast? Do you allow them to screen it with the mammogram, or with the ultrasound?

@mizzmoze1103 7 ай бұрын

I do "herscan" every 2-3 years,ots ultrasound only. Out of pocket costs

@kemug476 6 жыл бұрын

It's pretty sad that women think they could trust the results of a mammogram. How are women to know if it's over diagnosed or not. Women will be basically playing Russian Roulette with their health. Just another industry looking out for money....

@jdrei5080 6 ай бұрын

I told the mammogram 'programme' to remove me from their list. It took 3 conversations for them to do as I asked. I detectect the lump years ago, not a Neanderthal mammogram machine!

@jenniferjoseph5914 6 ай бұрын

I have never taken mammogram in my life and I refuse to be expose to these radiation in to my body. I eat anti cancer food. And I fast . I eat only 1x meal and eat berries and nuts as 2x snacks. Lots of greens.

@LookNook2020 4 ай бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

@sabinadinis4128 6 жыл бұрын

I thought if something was detected in the mammogram you would have to do a biopsy to make sure it was cancer. At least I think that’s the policy in my country, because you just can't do quimo an radiotherapy to treat something that you don’t have and mammograms are not conclusive.

@LisaLightning 6 жыл бұрын

Sabina Dinis I think the point is that there are always little cancer like clusters of cells in our bodies at any given time, but they eb and flow, and if you are eating plant-based they often just disappear. But if you eat a lot of animal products it may encourage them to grow. They talk about that in "forks over knives." That's why it's especially important if you have cancer in your family background to eat plant-based!

@andreaconner5764 2 жыл бұрын

@@LisaLightning I hear ya.. but if they do biopsy and there are cancer cells then what? how long would one wait ? to see if it grows? if it grows how big do you let it get? and what happens if in that time it metastasize. So how are they actually proving that if someone would have left a cancer cluster it would have went away.. There is no way to know that.. thus the push if indeed detectable cancer to get it out... also my mother had detected uterine cancer she had removed but wouldn't allow radiation or chemo and she died 4 months later and she was Plant based for YEARS!!!!! This is not a easy topic and shouldn't be talked about flipantly...

@Xianne027 6 ай бұрын

My mother died from the radiation and chemotherapy, not from the cancer itself. She choked from the water in her lungs....😢

@user-gy7ym3ik8x 4 ай бұрын

So sorry about your mother. These treatments are barbaric.

@Xianne027 4 ай бұрын

@@user-gy7ym3ik8x Thanks, dear! It's been 30 years now... yes, I am still bitter about it. And it certainly left me with an extreme distrust of the pharma industry.

@Crazydoglady. 6 жыл бұрын

WOW :(

@afterraincomessunshine6420 6 жыл бұрын

That is why I will never have a mammogram.

@jenniferleduc8969 5 ай бұрын

A mammogram found my breast cancer at an early stage (stage 1A) in 2023. I also had a breast MRI which found an additional area of cancer not detected on the mammogram. I underwent chemotherapy, targeted therapy, bilateral mastectomy, and tamoxifen. Treatment was certainly not easy but ignoring my breast cancer would have been inappropriate and dangerous..

@jacobrosenberg8423 6 жыл бұрын

Dr Greger, that is the most direct and strongest look at a serious problem. I hope you don't receive too much flack from your peers but that was much needed light shinned on the darkness, greed and corruption in the medical industry. But its the industry not the doctors, I am sure they believe what they tell patients because they want to help and many don't or won't get it because that would be outside of their belief system. Thank you! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@ScrayXXI 6 жыл бұрын

Vitamix vs. Blendtec?

@JamesMahmoudify 6 жыл бұрын

Roaming Millenial isn't hot deal with it: they're both amazing, my advice is just to pick one and make sure you use it 😊 I was undecided for about a year and then just decided on a Vitamix when I saw one in a sale. It's awesome and I use it daily!

@sathlin 6 жыл бұрын

Blendtec. smaller, it fits in your kitchen, looks better, no knobs. stronger motor as well.

@dll6384 6 жыл бұрын

I'd go with the Vitamix. I've had one for years and it's great. Cook's Illustrated compared the top selling high end blenders several months ago. Here's the link to video. I hope it helps. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asqchryYmZm4hY0.html

@rose8662 6 жыл бұрын

dll6384 this was a great video. Thanks!

@finelinerin 6 жыл бұрын

Roaming Millenial isn't hot deal with it =D Gute Frage :)

@tammyh.8454 6 ай бұрын

money, money, money

@matthewcannings5952 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know what you're talking about, here in the UK mammograms are used exclusively as a screening tool. An actual diagnosis of breast cancer would require 1) A positive clinical examination 2) Radiological examination in the form of an ultrasound (far more sensitive than a mammogram) 3) Positive histological results

@LisaLightning 6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Cannings I think the point is that there are always little cancer like clusters of cells in our bodies at any given time, but they eb and flow, and if you are eating plant-based they often just disappear. But if you eat a lot of animal products it may encourage them to grow. They talk about that in "forks over knives." That's why it's especially important if you have cancer in your family background to eat plant-based! So while they're not going to operate on the bases of one mammogram, they may find a small cluster of cancer like cells and decide to cut them out, and radiate you, when in reality those cells may have just dispersed down the road on their own. Aren't cancer cells just our own cells that have gone crazy?

@ggrey5990 Жыл бұрын

Stop spreading vegan death lies.

@Dynan117 5 ай бұрын

I found the ultrasound way less painful than the mammogram. Never having a mammogram again. Torture device.

@Melanie____ Жыл бұрын

What about diagnostic mammograms after you’ve found a lump? And even after a u/s found it to be a fibroadenoma?

@brendaaspey3522 6 жыл бұрын

I'm confused, wouldn't more testing be required to diagnose the cancer before radiation treatment would begin, ultrasound, biopsy ? That's certainly the case here in Australia.

@mateusbrazil9487 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder that too. In Brazil other tests are also required before treatment begins.

@dp4peace 6 жыл бұрын

Mammograms open the can of worms and women are then quickly ushered for a biopsy and then surgery then radiation and drugs. Just for the lowest grade "stage zero" breast cancer. I have studied this for years after my own personal nightmare experience. All is documented on my blog: www.DCIS411.com

@sarahlysobey2917 2 жыл бұрын

@@dp4peace I just looked at your blog. it's awesome. thank you for sharing it.

@jeenabittenbender7205 6 жыл бұрын

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@monikakress3867 4 ай бұрын

in for a penny, in for a pound.

@meganhantz570 2 жыл бұрын

I’m confused, do they not do further testing after a mammogram to confirm that it is cancer? Don’t they remove the lump and test it?

@abysmalmonkey 6 жыл бұрын

This is so, so evil...

@brendagratza6210 5 ай бұрын

I have mammograms and have dense breast! As 70 years old, they found a small spot on my breast and said it was nothing! I wanted to biopsy and they said no we’ll wait six months and do an ultrasound. Six months later on the ultrasound, the size of the lump was the same, but it had jagged edgesagain they said we can wait another six months unless this time I wanted to have a biopsy but they did not think it was nothing! Had the biopsy -3 breast cancer there was not only one lump, but a smaller one behind that lump, so yes, mammograms can save lives

@gpalm76 6 жыл бұрын

When you talk about PSA testing and how it’s not necessary, I have to disagree. My husband had his PSA screened and it kept going up. Then he had a biopsy and it is positive for prostate cancer. Luckily it was caught in stage 1. If he had not had his PSA levels monitored, then he wouldn’t have had a biopsy and wouldn’t have found out he has early prostate cancer. So I have to disagree there. And therefore not sure about your mammogram stance.

@InfiniteCyclus 6 жыл бұрын

The problem is not with the patient. The problem lies with the physician who overdiagnose. It's a bit much to ask the general populous to understand why some cancers are dangerous while others aren't.

@latasharobinson7634 5 жыл бұрын

InfiniteCyclus anyone is susceptible to cancer it’s not necessarily a genetic disease

@Xianne027 6 ай бұрын

The physicians are manipulated by the sales people who are hired by the industry that plugs the expensive "cures."

@XOX74 8 ай бұрын

I remember reading about how useless they were years ago...now im coming to the age where in UK i will be offered...but, no chance! nd ladies...eat lots of mushrooms! everyone actually! :)

@leighk2702 6 жыл бұрын

I know two people who have had lumpectomy for BC found only by mammogram. Im getting mine every uear. Not wanting to be your statistic

@legobuilders6133 4 ай бұрын

I would love to have a bit more information: where are the studies conducted fe? Mammograms in the US are being used completely different than in Europe? These youtube clips are being watched all over the world, which is a good thing. But with that success comes a duty to differentiate between regions...

@andreaconner5764 2 жыл бұрын

if they do biopsy and there are cancer cells then what? how long would one wait ? to see if it grows? if it grows how big do you let it get? and what happens if in that time it metastasize. So how are they actually proving that if someone would have left a cancer cluster it would have went away.. There is no way to know that.. thus the push if indeed detectable cancer to get it out... also my mother had detected uterine cancer she had removed but wouldn't allow radiation or chemo and she died 4 months later and she was Plant based for YEARS!!!!!

@LynnCooks 2 жыл бұрын

That is awful. I'm so sorry for your loss. Hormone generated cancers like uterine & breast I think are more tricky than others. I'm 49 & suppose to go for my 1st mammogram in 3 days...I don't feel any lumps. I have a DVT & rarely they can indicate cancer somewhere in the body (though breast cancer is usually not one associated DVT) my doctor has scared me into possibly going...still debating...I hear Dr Greger & Dr Mcdougall...the science they present regarding different cancers. But as I said, hormone generated cancers are a gamble...

@mrsresell2519 Жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss too..we are really at the mercy of medical professionals to get it right..even the professionals reading biopsy tests can get it wrong..both ways - under diagnosis and over diagnosis- so that is why it would then be so difficult to choose which treatment route to go if a positive diagnosis is made. I lost a friend recently who said no to treatment for ovarian cancer because the chemo was awful and her choice was so upsetting for her family and her friends but we supported her choice because she ultimately wanted control over her death and didn't want that controlled by medical professionals. I think this doctor really just highlighting the problems on the over diagnosis side and the harm that it is causing versus the lives it is supposed to be saving. Ultimately the medical professionals are not God so a lot of the time diagnosises are just guesses..that is the way they are trained and because they are human they definitely make some awful mistakes. My mum died from being over medicated and Im pretty sure my dad passed away from the treatment he was having for cancer but the doctors are not going to admit that either. Doctors are not necessarily evil..just very flawed when it comes to dealing with trying to heal or fix the intricate human body.

@nancyd7441 Жыл бұрын

There is still research in progress to be able to determine which cancer will not cause a problem. Until it is known the recommendation is to remove & treat.

@aimanbryan1424 6 жыл бұрын

Logic and women are not at all compatible

@amya9597 4 ай бұрын

I had mammograms for years. It missed my tumor. In fact, they called my left breast normal and wanted to re-image the right. It was the left side that they called “normal” that had the tumor. It upsets me when they push mammograms on women when many women are misdiagnosed.

@terrilandis4561 6 жыл бұрын

"Many women are being given diagnoses of breast cancer unnecessarily...the detection of pseudodisease mammogram-detected abnormalities that look like cancer under a microscope...but it was just pseudodisease and would have never progressed to actually cause symptoms." Seriously?! So my mammogram that showed something in my right breast, which my gyno assured me was only a cyst, but turned out to be stage 2 invasive lobular carcinoma is really pseudodiease and I should have left it alone and expected it not to progress and actually cause symptoms. Based on what? Anyone want to take it from me and find out if it's real or not? No thanks, surgeon. I'd like to hang onto this cluster of cells pretending to be cancer. I am now no longer a fan of yours. And your speech pattern is annoying and disingenuous.

@AJ.943 2 жыл бұрын

I apologize that this comment comes 3 years after your post; but may I ask…..did you feel any lump prior to the mammogram that found your cancer? Did you do regular self breast exams at home? Thank you for being candid , and for sharing your story . I hope you doing well.

@InfiniteCyclus 6 жыл бұрын

Sure, women have a right to know. But giving them knowledge without proper context will only make them more insecure.